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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Recent bestsellers like Queen Bees and Wannabees and Odd Girl Out opened many parents’ eyes to the difficult problem of cruelty and aggression among teens. But as many people can attest, the pre-teen years are the source of this behavior and are a time when the cruelty is even worse, causing even more anxiety and stress for children already facing an enormous amount of change in their lives. Why Good Kids Act Cruel is the first book to give parents an understanding of why cruelty happens during these years, and how to help their child through these difficult times.
Early adolescence is a phase of anxiety, of uncertainty, of insecurity. To make matters worse, although all kids are going through the same transformation too, none of them share what it is like, each feeling alone, isolated, and unique. The result is that belonging to a group becomes so extremely important that it is now worth fighting for, sand social meanness and cruelty is how this fighting is commonly done. This is why good kids can treat each other so badly, and why parents need to understand the trials and torments of the age if they are to be of help.
Why Good Kids Act Cruel gives parents all the tools they need, explaining the psychology of early adolescent change, the pursuit and perils of popularity, the pain of puberty, the code of the school yard, the short and long term effects of social cruelty, intimidation (bullying, threatening, vandalizing), exclusion (ignoring, isolating, ostracizing), humiliation (teasing, embarrassing, name-calling), attacking reputation (rumor, gossip, slander), Internet attacks, what parents can do, what the school can do, and much more.
Why Good Kids Act Cruel: The Hidden Truth about the Pre-Teen Years by Dr. Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D. (ISBN 9781402219443; Parenting TP $14.99; Jan. 1, 2010) takes the next breakthrough step in the recent bestselling issue of understanding meanness and aggression among teens by moving to its root source: the pre-teen years, when this cruel behavior begins and is actually worse than in the teen years.
About the Author
Carl E. Pickhardt, Ph.D., is a published author and psychologist in a private counseling practice. He received his B.A. and M.Ed. from Harvard, and his Ph.D, from the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the American and Texas Psychological Associations. Dr. Pickhardt’s books include: The Everything Parent’s Guide to Positive Discipline, Keys to Single Parenting, Keys to Successful Stepfathering, Keys to Developing Your Child’s Self-Esteem, Keys to Raising a Drug-Free Child, Keys to Parenting the Only Child, and Parenting the Teenager. He also writes a blog about adolescence for Psychology Today called Surviving Your Child’s Adolescence. Dr. Pickhardt is married with four grown children and one grandchild. He lives in Austin, TX. For more information, visit www.carlpickhardt.com.
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